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Mineral Information on:
celestite

Chemical Group:    sulfate

Chemical Formula:    SrSO₄

Color: colorless, white, pale blue, reddish or greenish         Streak:  white

Luster:  vitreous          Transparency:  transparent to translucent

Hardness:  3 to 3.5       Specific Gravity:  3.95 t0 3.97           Fracture:

Cleavage: (001) perfect, (210)  good

Crystal Forms:  Orthorhombic system
        Crystals are tabular; may be elongated

Mineral Associations:  gypsum, anhydrite, halite, limestone

Identifying Characteristics: pale blu color

Uses:  source of strontium

Occurrences:  Ohio, New York, California 

Toxicity:      when-swallowed- moderate            when inhaled- moderate

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